**Extra Special SEMINAR Event –

WILL (Women's Initiative in Lottery)

1:30 to 4:30 pm. on Thursday March 5, 2020

You are invited to attend the most exciting Event and Reception- Everyone is invited to attend the Women's Initiative in Lottery Leadership afternoon Session at the Eden Roc Hotel, Miami, Florida  at 1:30pm 2nd Floor Ballroom - Wear your SMART-TECH 2020 MIAMI BADGE to be automatically registered for this event.   TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT follow the link CLICK HERE go to the bottom of the page you will see the button to register.

Moderated by WILL Chairperson Rebecca Hargrove, President & CEO Tennessee Lottery & President of the World Lottery Association.  Sponsored by  IGT

Facilitated by Lisa Bergeron, Managing Partner & Chief Visionary Officer, AWE (Advancing Workplace Excellence)

Please join us for this fabulous WILL Seminar and the Networking reception that follows WILL session.     

Ø 4:30 pm:  Reception in the Spa Terrace 

WILL:  Humanizing the FUTURE of Work

 AWE (Advancing Workplace Excellence) creates immersive learning experiences to evolve the human side of work and leadership.  Recognizing the challenges people and organizations are experiencing, AWE leverages its team’s deep knowledge and expertise to design experiences that raise awareness, reduce bias and develop more conscious people who are centered on the expansive qualities of inclusiveness and connectedness. AWE empowers people to have the confidence to be courageous and the vulnerability to be human as they navigate the evolving workplace. Through understanding and strengthening key competencies, the AWE experience elevates and illuminates’ people-centric leadership approaches and cultivating a workplace where diverse perspectives and experiences are welcomed and respected.

 For the upcoming PGRI Smart Tech conference on March 5, 2020, AWE will produce an engaging, insightful and interactive half-day workshop in alignment with WILL’s mission to advance women into top positions of lottery management, leadership and responsibility. The session will include a keynote presentation incorporating engaging stories, interactive workshop content, table discussions, exercises and panel discussion.

Topic of Focus: Self-Promotion with Confidence and Ease

According to the latest research, women who proactively promote their achievements are more satisfied with their careers, project more confidence and advance further than women who were less focused on calling attention to their successes. While many women may struggle with trumpeting their accomplishments, an aversion to self-promotion can handicap credibility, career satisfaction, and the path to advancement. To be effective means being ready to self-promote in a way that is both authentic and relevant. It’s also knowing when to self-promote, what messages to communicate, and how to strengthen messages with intention. In this session, we explore common barriers to self-advocacy, are introduced to strategies to self-promoting in a strategic context, and most importantly, how to do it with balance, confidence and ease. 

About Lisa Bergeron (Facilitator)

An accomplished business leader, Lisa Bergeron is the Founding Partner and Chief Visionary Officer of AWE, Advancing Workplace Excellence. Lisa is a trusted advisor and partner, who provides clients with insightful guidance to uncover business needs and envision solutions to realize their ambitions for growth, development, and exceptional business performance. 

Lisa leads AWE’s vision for humanizing the future of work. She brings a unique blend of strategic vision, business savvy, and depth of experience to steer AWE’s course into the future. An architect of relationships and connections, Lisa is a catalyst, progressive, and innovative thinker who creates pathways to explore, expand, and thrive in a rapidly changing business environment.

Started 17 years ago, AWE is a women and minority owned business with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and building a human centered workforce for the future. Programs are designed to establish connections, share relevant researched-based insights, and create a trusted space to explore concepts, new perspectives, and build on and expand skills.

Questions:  Call or e-mail Paul Jason pgrijason@gmail.com

To participate in the Mentorship Program
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Rebecca Paul Hargrove (President of the WLA and the President & CEO of the Tennessee Lottery)

Mission:  To drive high-performance business growth through supporting the advancement of women into top positions of lottery management, leadership and responsibility.

The purpose of WomenInLotteryLeadership.com website: To serve as a communications hub, a platform to facilitate project management and interaction across a global network of women and men to shape the future of this enterprise.  Its purpose and functions will certainly grow and evolve over time! 

On December 23, 2016, a group of Lottery industry female executives received a call to action:  to become part of an initiative aimed at encouraging the development of women in leadership in the industry.  The call came from Rebecca Paul Hargrove (President of the WLA and the President & CEO of the Tennessee Lottery) nd her colleagues of lottery CEO’s and top executives.  The leadership of WILL is deeply invested in the global Lottery business, possessing a passion for supporting strategic initiatives to sustain and modernize it.  As dedicated supporters of women in the industry, the WILL leadership has mentored many of us across the world as we strive to fulfill challenging Lottery leadership positions.  

The leadership of WILL is dedicated to the goal of creating an action-oriented movement that has passion, purpose, and produces real-world results for everyone.  Rebecca expresses the vision for PGRI Women’s Initiative in Lottery Leadership (WILL) as being “a highly-inclusive, multi-faceted, and ambitious program that paves a path for the talent, abilities, and passion of Lottery women professionals to realize their full potential.”  A mission that involves everyone, WILL is about giving a voice and influence to the highly-capable women who are helping to shape the future of the Lottery industry.  The goal is to create a program designed to nurture the development of our many talented women colleagues. 

There have been productive meetings and receptions to date.  Ideas and action-plans are being formulated and everyone is poised to make things happen.  Among other things, this WILL website endeavors to serve as a communications hub, a platform to facilitate interaction across a global network of women and men to shape the future of this enterprise; and also to post announcements and schedule of WILL events and services.

We invite you to communicate your thoughts and ideas for how to evolve WILL into the most meaningful and impactful enterprise it can be.  As an all-inclusive organization, we welcome your input and guidance.  The platforms to share that are being built-out as we speak.      

The WILL Group Structure will include a Board of Directors, comprised primarily of all the female CEOs of lotteries worldwide and top-ranking women from the vendor partner community, as well as male CEOs with a strong track record of mentoring and supporting women in leadership positions.

Lynne Roiter, CEO, Loto-Quebec and Secretary General, World Lottery Association, offered the following insight into WILL: The creation of WILL Is proof that the lottery industry has come a long way in the past 10 years.  Creating the environment that celebrates diversity and mentors talented professional women in Lottery will not only enable them to reach their full leadership potential but also benefits the industry and all its stakeholders.  

Stephane Pallez, President & CEO, La Française des Jeux, believes that expanding networking and mentorship opportunities for young professional women is a good way to increase opportunities for emerging female leaders. 

Sue van der Merwe, COO of Tatts Group Lotteries, sees WILL as a vehicle to help women acquire the skills and insights to forge their own unique journey towards career development and fulfillment.

May Scheve Reardon, Executive Director of the Missouri  Lottery stated, diversity should be seen as a core value of any business, and vital tool for a multi-billion dollar industry that provides millions to beneficiaries around the world.

Rose Hudson, Chief Executive Officer of the Louisiana Lottery and President of NASPL:  Business and society will benefit by a much more serious commitment to inclusion of everyone in the ideal of equal opportunity regardless of gender, race, religion or other differences. 

PGRI is pleased to administrate this exciting initiative, using its global media platform to promote WILL, and harness the industry-wide resources to support the professional development of women.  The Women’s Initiative in Lottery Leadership is about inclusiveness - all of us working together to help our colleagues to succeed and making sure the door is wide open for women to move into positions of responsibility and influence.